Paramraj Singh Umranangal, deputy inspector general (DIG) of police, Ferozepur range, presented the suspects to the media at the office of the senior superintendent of police. The six suspects were on way to Moga from Kotkapura when arrested.

The police laid many traps on the Moga-Kotkapura state highway. It was a squad led by Ravinder Singh, station house officer of south city, which flagged down the suspects' truck near Gill road. The driver tried to knock down the barricade, opened fire on the police party, and tried to flee.

A few metres of chase and he was arrested. The other five suspects were in the truck. "The gang sold heroin and other drugs in this area," said senior superintendent of police Surjit Singh Grewal. "It also made fake documents of stolen vehicles. Some of its members are still on the run."

The police have registered a case against the six suspects under Sections 307 (attempt to murder), 379 (theft), 411 (dishonest receiving of stolen property), 420 (cheating), 465 (forgery), 467 (forgery of valuable security), and 471 (using forged record as genuine) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 25 (manufacture, sale, transfer, conversion, repair, test, exposing, sale offer, transfer, firing, and possession of illegal arms and ammunition) of the Arms Act.